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Macdonald Scott is an immigration consultant who helps (mainly
disadvantaged) migrants acquire official status as immigrants to
Canada. He explains to Metta Spencer that the system is not nearly
as generous as most Canadians believe.

Ashis Nandy is a political psychologist in Delhi who notes the
harms resulting from India's development programs. After explaining
this to Subir Guin and Metta Spencer, he analyzes Modi's reasons
for depriving Kashmiris of their political autonomy.

John Feffer edits “Foreign Policy in Focus," a publication of
the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. He called to
ask Metta about what he sees as a trend: an increasing difficulty
for leftish and liberal democratic internationalists to cooperate
across borders, whereas the burgeoning nationalistic...

Ann Swidler is a Berkeley sociologist who believes that Western
altruists who want to help Africa should begin by learning about
the culture where they go. Otherwise they will be shocked to find
their assistance failing. She tells Metta that it is useless to try
to change African sex norms, for example, because the...

Many universities teach courses about peace and conflict, and
the faculty members who specialize in these matters meet annually
to share their research findings. Three of our panelists, Chris
Hyrnkow, Peter Venton, and Florence Stratton, had just attended the
2018 conference and the third panelist was a...